Accra, March 23, GNA - A Technical officer of the Metrological Service Agency has been arrested for allegedly defiling a two-year-old baby girl at Kokomlemle a suburb in Accra. Gideon Dogbe Suitor, 43 would on Monday, March 26, appear in court charged with defilement.

Chief Superintendent of Police, Mrs Jessie Borquaye, Regional Coordinator of the Domestic Violence Victims Support Unit (DVVSU) of the Police confirmed the incident to the Ghana News Agency. She said the grandmother of the victim who is a food vendor returned home after her usual rounds and discovered that her grand daughter was nowhere to be found.

She said after frantically searching for the victim, a young playmate of the girl pointed to the suspect's room. The landlady of the house who was also involved in looking for the victim rushed to the room only to see the suspect lying naked on bed with the victim also naked, lying on the lower abdomen on top of the suspect's manhood.

She said the landlady and the victim's grandmother in spite of their shock severely beat up the suspect before reporting the suspect to the Nima Police station where he was subsequently arrested and referred to DVVSU.